US PATENT SUBCLASS 264 / 469
.~.~ Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.)


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264 /   HD   PLASTIC AND NONMETALLIC ARTICLE SHAPING OR TREATING: PROCESSES

405  DF  DIRECT APPLICATION OF ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY TO WORK (E.G., ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE, PARTICULATE, MAGNETIC, INDUCTION HEAT, SONIC, ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY, ETC.) {26}
464  DF  .~ Extrusion molding {9}
469.~.~ Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 264/469

Plasma (e.g., corona, glow discharge, etc.):

(under subclass 464) Processes wherein the energy applied consists of a gaseous vapor of ions in equilibrium or a vapor of ions in vacuum in a nonequilibrium state referred to as a "cold plasma."

(1) Note. A plasma, generally consists of a wholly or partially ionized gas composed of ions, electrons, and neutral particles. The concentration of negatively and positively charged carriers are approximately equal.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

483, for processes wherein the directly applied energy is plasma.